This book was written in the 1980's, so it is interesting that the same thing could be happening in current day elections. It's a short okay read.

Good book, with a good plot and intriguing characters.

This novel, strangely prescient (as most say), was good but due to poor editing, I can only give it three stars. The author's prose is very rough. I think, if given to a good editor, this would be a 5 star novel.

A businessman is elected president of the United States but unbeknownst to the public, he is possibly an agent of Russia. The CIA must investigate this off the books so as not to appear as usurpers.

Written in the 80's during the height of the Cold War, it reads like your standard spy novel. Not a lot of action but the bodies pile up..

The novel shows how easy it is to steal an election and that is where it's strength lies.

If you like the Cold War spy genre and want excellent characterisation, tense and gripping storylines, and a grand finale, buy this book!

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Couldn't put this book down. Fast paced and well written. Highly recommend this book.

It makes u wonder if Donald didn't read it . It was a good but slow book. I wish I could interview the author but he's dead. Unless I use a ouijia board

The Twentieth Day of January is a novel from the past that ponders a newly-elected President as a tool of the Soviet Union. What a strange idea! Of course, the Soviet Union is no more, but anyone is free to speculate on what motivates a newly elected president. Nowadays ties to Russia can be suspect. The novel isn't great, but the idea is there. We could only hope that if this situation ever arose again that the investigators themselves might have more integrity than the ones in the novel do. If an investigation ever does occur, one would hope that they are as successful as the novel's investigators as providing conclusive evidence. Just don't kill anyone!
Thanks to NetGalley for the review copy.

The Twentieth Day in January was written in the 1980 and the author is deceased, but the similarities are remarkable to recent events occurring in the Trump administration. In the book, a British MI6 agent named James MacKay discovers evidence that the recently elected President of the United States might be a virtual puppet of the Soviet Union, controlled by the KGB through one of his aides. He works with the CIA to prove his theory.

The book is a great spy thriller read and I really enjoyed it. The plot moves along swiftly and the characters are very interesting. I recommend reading The Twentieth Day of January.